KIEV, May 21 ??“ Ukrainian agricultural meteorologists forecast the loss of part of the grain harvest in southern, eastern and central regions of the country due to the drought.

KIEV, May 21 ??“ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will hold its 2008 annual meeting in Kiev, the press and external affairs officer of the EBRD's office in Kiev, Anton Usov, told Interfax-Ukraine on Monday.

KIEV, May 21 ??“ Ukrainians have been buying fewer, but more expensive mobile phones so far this year, according to a study released by AVentures Group, a technology investment group.

KIEV, May 19 ??“ Odessa Commercial Seaport announced a tender for the construction of a new container terminal with a processing capacity of 1 million 20-foot containers per year, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

KIEV, May 20 ??“ RosUkrEnergo, a controversial natural gas trader and the only supplier of gas to Ukraine, refused to sell gas to Naftogaz Ukrayiny throughout the end of 2006, a newspaper reported citing obtained documents.

KIEV, May 18 - Velyka Kyshenia, one of Ukraine??™s biggest retail chains, plans to boost sales to more than $1 billion in 2008 from $440 million that are expected in 2006 and $232 million reported in 2005.

KIEV, May 19 ??“ Ukraine's overall foreign trade in goods and services produced $769.1 million deficit in January-March compared with a surplus of $1.65 billion reported a year earlier, the State Statistics Committee reported.

KIEV, May 20 ??“ Hundreds of households in Donetsk will get high-tech power consumption measuring devices before the end of the month in an ambitious project aimed at reduction of power losses in the region.

KIEV, May 19 ??“ Dragon Capital Investment Company, one of the fastest growing investment companies in Ukraine, plans to place $350 million in shares of Ukrainian companies on stock exchanges in 2006, a company official said.

KYIV, April 19 – The International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group is working with private companies in the short term to develop additional renewable energy capacity in Ukraine and is counting on changes in tariff policy in the country to ensure long-term investment in this sector increased by an order of magnitude, said Patrick Avato, head of IFC's European division for infrastructure and production.